Facial recognition used to streamline roll call in Brazil schools
The school roll call as most know it is being transformed by face biometrics. In Paraná, Brazil, over 200,000 students…
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Clear spars over TSA report after security incident follows enrollment error
Biometric security has debuted in a Korean airport and there are plans to install it in Kazakhstan. But a private-industry…
Facewatch caught in more controversy after closed-door meeting with UK Home Office
Biometric security company Facewatch, which has been facing backlash for deploying facial recognition surveillance in retail stores across the UK,…
US schools embrace biometric tools to fight gun violence
School security in the United States has never looked more like a Robocop movie, with schoolboards turning to technological solutions…
CBP One app faces lawsuit from rights organizations
The U.S. government’s policy of requiring asylum seekers to book an appointment through the CBP One biometric smartphone app is…
Privacy group challenges Ryanair’s use of facial recognition
Digital rights group NOYB has filed a complaint against Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers. The complaint alleges that…
US cities weigh value of facial recognition for police
After a lull in efforts to put significant restrictions on how police in the U.S. can use facial recognition, politicians…
More reports that Hikvision, Nvidia still involved in China ethnic surveillance
There is a new account about how China’s Hikvision biometric surveillance firm continues to specifically target that nation’s Uyghur population…
Indian district rolls out live facial recognition to fight crime wave
A district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is rolling out a crime-fighting search engine powered by live facial…
Fujitsu pilots model house that can authenticate anyone, anywhere, all the time
You can add “continuous authentication” to your biometric lexicon, as the Japanese firms Fujitsu and Misawa Homes team up for…
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